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$999 for the best choice seems really high to me. I understand that they're trying to generalize a broad range of applications, but still. They mention the Ryz
by latch 9y ago
$999 for the best choice seems really high to me. I understand that they're trying to generalize a broad range of applications, but still.
They mention the Ryzen 5 is better bang for the buck, but dismiss it for having "low overall performance." I guess I'm wrong in thinking that, for 98% of people, a $250 CPU would still be wasteful.
- Athas 9y agoIt's about picking a CPU for workstations, though, not normal desktop machines. It's assumed you will need serious computational power, and that's not free. That's also why they highlight the presence of so many PCIe lanes.
- mrich 9y agoBut this is about workstations where CPU bound workloads are running, like rendering or compilation. Most people will either buy a laptop or desktop (if their smartphone is not sufficient) and not spend nearly as much money, they only need to run a browser and a couple of other small programs.
- dredmorbius 9y agoA browser is not a small program. Video can still be demanding (watching, or chat). The workloads are fairly standardised and non-diverse. Not necessarily small.
- dom0 9y ago$999 for a workstation CPU is quite alright.